Hot Water Heat Pumps

while they may vary slightly in design the operating principle is similar to your fridge/freezer/air conditioner. process of converting a refrigerant gas to liquid and back again creates heat which is used to heat the water in a storage tank.

Just as air conditioners have evolved over the decades, heat pump systems are much smarted and more efficient that the early models. Todays systems can take a single kW of electricity and convert it into 3 kWs of heat depending on the outside temperature. With a round trip efficiency of 300% heat pump systems are the most efficient way to convert energy into hot water.

Absolutely, if you have the roof space or ground space then evacuated tube solar hot water systems convert energy from the sun to hot water for free even on cloudy days.

The reality is though, that there is not always enough sun all year round and they are more expensive than heat pumps especially with the incentives on offer today.

There is also an argument to use the space taken up for the hot water system on your roof for solar panels which can heat your water as well as run your other appliances and charge your car.

Solar hot water is a brilliant idea an may be a suitable option for you

When it comes down to it we all want hot water to come out of the tap whenever we turn it on. Does it really matter how the water gets hot?

We think it does, by using a heat pump hot water system you can use much less energy to heat your water and create much less greenhouse gas emissions thereby reducing your impact on climate change and building momentum on your net zero journey.

with a gas hot water system the efficiency is around 0.85 compared to 3 for heat pumps as well as the by products produced by burning gas and any methane that escapes the gas system. If you can heat your water daily using your own rooftop solar or with electricity produced using renewable energy from your retailer your green house gas emissions can be zero. How good is that?